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Box Score 2 CALDWELL, Idaho – Ryan Eddy pitched a gem in Game 1 and the College of Idaho used an eighth inning rally in Game 2 to complete a doubleheader sweep of No. 23 ranked British Columbia at Wolfe Field.
C of I (22-14, 13-7 NAIA West) pounded out 15 hits to win the opener, 8-1, then pieced together the late rally in Game 2 to steal a 4-3 victory, completing a series win against the first-place Thunderbirds.
Eddy continued his mid-season success, allowing just one earned run in eight-plus innings – his third straight start with at least eight innings and allowing one or fewer runs. The senior limited UBC (23-9, 14-6) to just five hits and struck out four.
The Yotes gave Eddy all the run support he would need in the third, as C of I strung together three-straight two-out hits. Gregg Simonds started the rally with a two-run single up the middle, with Jordan Grubbs capping the frame with a two-run single to right.
UBC got on the board on a Bruce Yari fifth inning RBI single, but would not get a runner to third base the rest of the game.
C of I put the game away in the late innings, as Grubbs dropped down a perfect safety squeeze in the seventh to make it 5-1, with both Brent Mehling and Sam Johnston adding RBI singles in a three-run eighth inning.
Five different Coyotes had two hits – Simonds, Grubbs, Johnston, Troy Carr, and Chase Miller. Sebastian Wong had three hits and Yari went 2-for-4 in the loss for the T-Birds.
The Yotes bolted out of the gates in Game 2, loading the bases with one out in the first, with Johnston delivering an RBI single and Grubbs lifting a sacrifice fly to make it 2-0.
Starter Markus Lively struck out seven and took a one-hitter into the sixth inning, before UBC broke through on a Mackenzie Parlow RBI single. The T-Birds would take the lead in the seventh off Mitch Viydo, rapping four straight one-out hits, including RBI singles from Tyler Enns and Bryan Arthur, to give the visitors the lead.
C of I returned the favor in the eighth, tying the score after three-straight one-out singles, the last, a Miller liner into right. After a walk loaded the bases, UBC reliever Matt Thornton bounced a slider in front of the plate, with Brady Mooney scoring on the wild pitch to score the eventual winning run.
Johnston went 3-for-5 with an RBI for the Yotes, with Miller and Mooney each recording two hits. Mitch Viydo got the win in relief, allowing two runs and striking out four in three innings of work. Yari went 3-for-5 with two runs scored for UBC.
The Yotes hit the road next weekend for a key four-game series at Concordia.
